Prototype Issue
LA Jewish Film Festival, 2008
By Robin Menken
(page 3 of 4)RM- And It changed Second City too because you changed the second path of what happened at Second City.
JR- Well, I think that I was one of the first really strong women ever, after Elaine May.
RM- Absolutely.
JR-Let’s not forget who my predecessor was.
RM- Absolutely.
BP- What advice would you give aspiring Jewish female comedians today?
JR-Don’t think about being Jewish and don’t think about being female. You have to do one thing to be a comedienne. That’s be funny, so you concentrate on that.
BP- I know you were at the Geffin recently. How was that for you?
JR-It was an amazing experience . Unbelievable. Absolutely not one day that wasn’t joyful. How about that? How about them apples?
BP- And you’ll do it again?
JR Not one fight. Not one mean person. It was a pleasure. Thank you. (to reporter)
RM- I’d like to know what you wish you’d done, what you still plan to do, and what you wish you hadn’t done?
JR- Oh, What I wish I’d done, I don’t know, because I’m still doing. I’m doing two pilots, I’m in a series. I’d love to do a movie. I’ve never done a real movie. You know, like “Shrek” and stuff like that, but I’ve never done a real movie. So there’s so much yet to do.
RM- What do you wish you’d never done?
JR-(chuckles) I don’t think there’s anything. I think you learn from what you’ve done and made mistakes, maybe I should have opened my mouth more at times.
RM-Wow!
JR – At times.
RM- Thats heavy to hear from you.
JR- Yeah, yeah. Oh no no no, I uh I’m a lot more aggressive on stage than I am in a business meeting.
RM- Ok, now, who turns you on? What’s out there that gives you zutz and juice?
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